Anuj Upadhyay · Investec
partialFull-year capacity addition target and battery storage strategy
We feel very strongly that we should be able to deliver approximately 5 gigawatts of new capacity this year. ... The remaining 1 gigawatt, plus minus, we talked about for this year will shift to the right.
Darshan Parmar · Jefferies
directReduction in finance cost and deferred tax number
We had holdco bond, which we have repaid, and there was a large interest expense, which obviously is not in our books anymore. ... Normalized interest cost would be in the range of 9.2%-9.4% as of now for the current portfolio.
Nikhil Ngania · First Sentier Investors
directNature of 5 GW commissioning plan and merchant capacity
Out of the solar, 75% of the PPA will be on PPA, and the remaining will be on merchant as well. ... When it comes to wind, all of it is merchant.
Nikhil Ngania · First Sentier Investors
partialImpact of grid, ALMM, and DISCOM challenges on guidance
Transmission delays are very visible. ... ALMM will help localization, small cost increase of $0.02-$0.03. ... DISCOMs are getting a lot of PPAs signed; we have shifted strategy to participate in DISCOM tenders.
Nikhil Ngania · First Sentier Investors
directWhether to trim 6-8 GW commissioning guidance for next year
No, we'll keep it the same. I think the range is still the same, and we are looking to ramp up our existing run rate and not reduce it.
Nikhil Ngania · First Sentier Investors
partialNon-Controlling Interest volatility explanation
Because of the distribution kicking in for the total payments, and because of that, the NCI had to completely do the reworking. ... There is an NCI control change which has happened.
Bharanidhar Vijayakumar · Avendus Spark
evasiveSustainability of battery storage costs and irrational tenders
We have stayed out of it. ... We are not interested in these plain-vanilla projects. ... We take a calculated risk, and we want to be sure of our returns.
Love Sharma · J.P. Morgan
directImpact of November indictment on funding and refinancing
AGL is not a party to the litigation. ... Disbursements have very smoothly continued. ... We are in a very advanced stage of discussion with one of the domestic lenders, and we should be able to announce its completion in the next few weeks.
Guojun Ouyang · BNP Paribas
partialBackup plan if domestic refinancing fails
We are working on one or two options for the refinancing. ... There are other options available to the company to get the refinancing completed on time.
Puneet Gulati · HSBC
directRun rate EBITDA for current 11.6 GW capacity
That would be about 10,000 crores of EBITDA that we will generate from the current 11.6 gigawatt capacity.
Puneet Gulati · HSBC
partialRun rate EBITDA and debt after adding 5 GW
The run rate EBITDA should be INR 15,000 crore plus on that. ... The debt we are taking is basically typical 75/25 debt-equity ratio.
Puneet Gulati · HSBC
directOutstanding debt as of Q3
As of now, the net debt is around INR 57,000 crores.